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Articles from the December 20, 2007 edition


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  • Merrill Lynch helps fire victims

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    The Merrill Lynch Fallbrook office, along with the help of other Merrill Lynch employees throughout San Diego, have been gathering resources and material and financial donations to help three Fallbrook families recover from losing their homes from the wildfires. On December 2, Merrill Lynch Fallbrook and San Diego employees helped one of the “adopted” families, who lost their mobile home from the fires, settle into their new apartment. The Merrill Lynch employees presented the family with furniture, kitchen appliances, new...

  • CAL FIRE San Diego transitions to lower staffing levels

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    San Diego County – With two recent fall storms dropping significant rainfall throughout the county, reducing the fire danger, CAL FIRE San Diego lowered the staffing levels on Monday, December 17, 2007. 18 state operated stations will remain open in the wild land urban interface, covering 18 engines with 3 firefighters per engine. Two San Diego County Sheriff’s Helicopters will be covered by CAL FIRE, one with a fly crew. At the Ramona Air Attack Base, two Air tankers and one Air Tactics Plane will be available for dis...

  • Supes tell staff to draft boutique winery ordinance

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    Winery owners in unincorporated San Diego County are one step closer to a zoning ordinance amendment which would allow boutique wineries to operate without use permits. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote December 5 directed county staff to return to the supervisors within 120 days with an ordinance which would allow tasting rooms and on-premise wine sales by right for boutique wineries accessed by public roads while establishing conditions for boutique wineries accessed by private roads. Wineries on a private...

  • Christ The King

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    Please plan to worship with us at Christ The King Lutheran Church for our Christmas Eve candlelight services. At 4 p.m., we will have our family service, and our 6 and 8 p.m. services will both be traditional. All will feature special carols and soloists, the beautiful message of the Christ Child’s birth and the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Nursery care is provided for infants through age three. Join us as we celebrate the true reason for the season. Come share our joy!...

  • The value of the Bible

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    We believe the Bible to be the inspired, only infallible and authoritative written word of God. Many books tell of humanity’s search for God. Only the Bible tells of God’s search for humanity. The Bible is inspired The Bible has God for its ultimate author (though he used several people to write) and salvation for its central truth. There is no error in its content. Composed of 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament, the Bible speaks of God’s redemptive purposes for humanity. 1. How the Bible was writte...

  • Gymnasts score high at team challenge

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    On December 8 Fallbrook Gymnastics held the Fallbrook Team Challenge. This meet pit teams of five gymnasts against each other. The top four scores on each event count toward the team score. A total of 14 teams competed. Fallbrook Team 1 took first place and Team 2 took fourth place. Krista Mundy scored the highest vault score of the day and Sasha Cusimano scored the highest bar score of the day....

  • Local gymnast rocks at World Championships in Quebec City

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    Fallbrook residents Dave and Gae Moore recently cheered on their granddaughter, Aubree Balkan, a Senior National Team Member for Team USA Gymnastics for the double-mini trampoline. Balkan was named to the team after qualifying at gymnastics meets all over the United States. She was given the opportunity to train at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid before proudly representing her country at the World Championships for trampoline and tumbling held in Quebec City,...

  • Fallbrook soccer slips to Vista Murrieta

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

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  • Holiday Settings helps deserving students

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    On December 6, for the 16th year, members and guests of Fallbrook Hospital Auxiliary gathered at the Grand Tradition for “Holiday Settings,” – an event that offers Christmas cheer and benefits a very worthy cause – scholarships for deserving students. It was another magnificent luncheon presented by the auxiliary. Proceeds were raised for the scholarship program the organization has in place for Fallbrook area high school students pursuing medical industry careers. “This r...

  • Specialty classes offered at Art Campus

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

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  • Fallbrook 4-H at it again

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    The Fallbrook 4-H Club has been involved in many activities the past month. First, club members participated in the Fallbrook Christmas Parade on December 1, where they walked alongside some of their animals, rode bikes and had a fun time. Then the group had its monthly 4-H community meeting where the members heard a guest speaker, Mr. Bolt from Glory Be. Glory Be is a local business that sells 4-H and FFA collectibles, among others. All members present were given a surprise...

  • Wolf graduates from Cal Poly

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    SAN LUIS OBISPO — Harrison Wolf, son of Sally Wolf, PHD, MFT, of Fallbrook, graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Saturday December 8. Wolf has served Cal Poly as drum major of the University Mustang Band, traveled extensively with the Wind Ensemble and was honored as the President of the Cal Poly Chapter of the National Honors Music Fraternity, KKPSI. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and plans to continue in the field of public p...

  • Live Oak students send letters to firefighters

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    As a way for the students to deal with the recent fire Live Oak School third grade teacher Janet McGurk brainstormed with her students and they came up with several ideas that would help foster a positive attitude. One of those ideas was to write letters to the firefighters who worked so hard to save much of Fallbrook. None of the students in McGurk’s class lost homes in the fire, but they were concerned about friends, relatives, neighbors and firefighters. Listed are some o...

  • SHERIFF'S LOG

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    3/3 2500 blk Gum Tree Ln Identity theft 12/4 1800 blk E Alvarado Petty theft 12/10 1000 blk Old Stage Rd Arrest: disorderly conduct (alcohol) 12/11 2400 blk S Stage Coach Ln Vandalism 12/12 1000 blk S Mission Commercial burglary 12/12 Live Oak Park Rd/Reche Rd Grand theft 12/13 400 blk W Clemmens Arrest: possession of controlled substance 12/13 S Stage Coach Ln/Gum Tree Ln Carjacking 12/13 30100 blk Mission, Bonsall Petty theft 12/14 400 blk Rosvall Dr Stolen vehicle 12/14 3600 blk Genista Pl Vehicle burglary 12/14 4000 blk...

  • Anthony buyout not isolated case, says experts

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    Fallbrook falls in with union’s state plan Experts say Tom Anthony’s buyout by the union-influenced Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) school board is not an isolated case. In fact, it appears that all school district superintendents would be wise to watch their backs when teachers unions achieve majority voting blocks on their school boards. No longer content to strike when contract negotiations aren’t going their direction, the unions have now found a way to control the administration of the schools in which...

  • CTA praises Fallbrook for control of board

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    Fallbrook falls in with union’s state plan The California Teacher Association (union), reinforcing a mission that they are making increasingly clear statewide – that local chapters need to get board members elected that are union-sympathetic for maximum salary and benefit increases and get rid of superintendents who enforce rules with teachers – recognized the Fallbrook High School chapter for the successful takeover of the local school board majority in the organization’s monthly magazine, Educator. Written by Sherry...

  • Catalpa Project gets approval nods from FCPG

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    The last time CHISK Inc., the developers for a project on Catalpa Lane, approached the Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG), they did not receive encouraging words about their proposed plan. However, at Monday night’s (December 17) FCPG meeting, their new plans and visions were met with congratulatory nods and a unanimous vote allowed approval for the motion to continue. “We liked the changes that you made,” said member Eileen Delaney. The Catalpa Project proposes to subdivide 2.79 acres at 428 and 442 Catalpa Lane...

  • Fluoridation begins for San Diego County

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    The fluoridation of water delivered to San Diego County has begun. On December 3 the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s Skinner Treatment Plant in Temecula began delivering fluoridated water. The fluoridation will be at a concentration between 0.8 and 0.9 parts per million and will be added at the Skinner Treatment Plant. “It’s operating, and we’re meeting all the requirements of bringing the fluoride up to an optimal level,” said Metropolitan Water District spokesperson Denis Wolcott. In 1995 the state legi...

  • A sign of hope

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

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  • Ride on, Chic!

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

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  • Adopt a Family program needs additional sponsors

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    Only five more days until Christmas! Time is getting short for residents to call the Fallbrook Food Pantry and agree to sponsor a needy family for Christmas. The need is particularly great this year. Not only have many of these families been affected by the October fires, but due to a slower economy, money is in scarce supply in many local households. Sponsors can help a family of limited income by providing food for a holiday meal as well as a wrapped Christmas present for each child in the family. Sponsors will experience...

  • New Year's Eve party at VFW hall

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    A New Year’s Eve party will be offered by Fallbrook’s VFW Post 1924 on Monday, December 31. Festivities will start at 5 p.m., hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 and a prime rib dinner with champagne at 6. Music will be provided and there will be door prizes and an opportunity drawing. For cost (donation) and reservations, call (760) 728-8784....

  • Fallbrook firemen calendar still available

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    Copies of the “North County’s Finest” 2008 calendar, featuring photos of local firemen, are still available for a suggested donation of $10 to $15. All of the proceeds go to the fire relief fund. The calendars can be found at the Village News office at 127 West Elder Street. Supplies are limited....

  • Free ROP classes at FHS

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    The Regional Occupational Program (ROP) is offering free classes at Fallbrook High School starting the week of January 7. The classes in computer applications are: • Beginning level: Monday and Wednesdays, 6 to 10 p.m. • Intermediate level: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 10 p.m. • Computer Web Design: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 to 10 p.m. Anyone age 16 and above can register for these classes at www.quikreg.com or come into the Career Center (room 118) on the Fallbrook High campus between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Frida...

  • Historical Society Museum celebrates holidays

    Updated Dec 20, 2007

    The Fallbrook Historical Society invites members and friends to visit the museum buildings to enjoy the special Christmas decorations through the end of the month. Board members Dode Martin, Bev and Earl McDougal and Judy and Bob Gillespie worked with Carroll and Cecilia Njust at the Society’s Welcome Pavilion during the annual Christmas Parade. They are also frequent volunteers at the museum, along with other docents who offer to explain the exhibits and discuss Fallbrook history. The site includes the new and partially f...

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